Nearly 250 apartments slated on site of P.S. 31
The site of a one-time architectural marvel at 425 Grand Concourse is about to become instead the site of some of the most energy-efficient housing in the city, Bronx and…
Massive mixed-use project edges closer
Five buildings ranging between eight and 25 stories are planned, consisting of 992 apartments, a 50,000 square-foot YMCA, 45,000 square feet of retail space, two acres of open space and…
Comfort food, delivered
The Mott Haven-based owners of Lil’ Kitchen, Big Appetite, say they will deliver homemade Southern food to residents who long for consistency, in the neighborhood and across the city.
Bronx voters decisively back Clinton
Despite grassroots support, Sanders comes up well short in Democratic primary Bronx voters overwhelmingly came out for Hillary Clinton in the April 19 Democratic presidential primary. Clinton tallied 58 percent of…
Environmental monitoring reports for local school complex are elusive
The Mott Haven Educational Complex opened in 2010, a sprawling facility housing four schools on a contaminated site formerly occupied by a manufactured gas plant. Nearly six years later, annual…
Mexican activist returns after two-year ban
Angelo Cabrera co-founded the Mexican American Students Association in 2001 as a response to proposed New York state legislation that would have made undocumented students pay out-of-state tuition. Now he's…
Big Brothers Big Sisters looks to expand local outreach
Last year, just three percent of Big Brothers and Big Sisters volunteers in the city hailed from the Bronx. The organization is trying to change that by expanding its outreach…
Sanders storms St. Mary’s Park
It was the first time a presidential candidate had made a campaign stop in the South Bronx since Ronald Reagan in 1980.